Ge frig gss20dbtaww Freezer turns off for no reason

Help, OUr Ge fridge gss20dbtaww for no reason shuts off for about 20min and kicks back on. When this happens the freezer side thaws to the point of dripping water. We had a repair man out replace the circuit board and he strongly felt that would fix it. But it didn't. I spoke to him and he is baffled. Unless he is here when the problem occurs he can't fix it. My wife is concerned that are food goes bad every time the fridge goes off for 1hr to 1/2. Does it? also when the fridge goes back on The freon tank gets warm.Shouldn't a GE repair man be able to figure this out regardless if it's running or not, or do we need to keep paying them $95 dollars ea time they come out to say nothing is wrong. any thoughts?

my Refrigerator is not getting cold at all, the compressor is warm but its not coming on at all. the fans are running but no cold air,everything in the freezer is defrosted.my Refrigerator is not getting cold at all, the compressor is warm but its not coming on at all. the fans are running but no cold air,everything in the freezer is defrosted.

Have him check the compressor and the relay. It sounds like you are have a bad compressor that is over heating. I am a certified HVAC-R tech which means that I work on these kind of things. What you can do is move the freezer out and check how hot the compressor is. If you touch it and have to move your hand away REAL fast bad compressor

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nead to know more, the area between the frig and freezer has a heater in it to prevent moister buildup.you can turn this off by turning on the energe saver mode.next you nead to take the kick plate off in the frount and bottom off frig.on the right you should see the condencer coil's, clean them.

obviously a filter leak. the water shuts off when the filter is removed. either it wasn't installed properly or it has a bad gasket. as for the fridge getting warm, the water probably collected and froze to the evaporator coils and now resrticts the cold air flow. you need to turn off the fridge, empty it out, leave the freezer door open, and let the coils defrost on their own. or remove the back panel in the freezer and defrost the coils with a hair dryer. you will need to soak up some water, but not nearly as much. once it's defrosted, dry it out, close the doors and turn it on while it's empty. when it's cold enough, replace the food.

Is this a self defrost model? Frost inside the freezer could be an air leak around the door gasket. Remove the back panel in the freezer and completely defrost the coils. Is the fan running in the freezer. That will make the frig not be cool. With the door closed peek in the gasket to make sure the light is shutting off, this will warm a frig also.Eric

I have the exact same problem - very annoying. The only thing I found to work was to purchase one of those child safety locks. I bought the Kidco Appliance Fridge Lock S330 because it was the only one I could find that automatically relocks after you shut the door. Buy two (or more) at a time because the arm will eventually wear out and break (after several months depending on how often you use it). You can check out the product's details on eBay - that's where I purchased mine. Hope that helps.

Check if there is frost on the back wall of the freezer, if so it is not defrosting. Many GE fridges need a new defrost heater every couple of years. If it's not defrosting, you can get by for a while by unplugging the fridge and leaving the freezer door open for 24 hrs, then plugging back in.